“So he fancied her dropping the handkerchief, did he? By heaven, but he must credit her with superhuman powers to have arranged that horrible landslide! He surely could not believe that she would have risked Kent's life in so reckless a fashion, even had the slide been contrived, which was of itself nonsensical. Perhaps he thought it merely happenstance, that she and Simon had ridden onto his lands intending to "arrange a breakdown," only to be caught in a real disaster. How dare he! And as if a...ny lady of quality would throw herself at so wretched an individual. It was probably all a hum! "Ain't nothing can dim the lure of gold, is there, ma'am?" Oh, but he was hateful! If what he said was truth indeed, the type of women he had attracted must be the very dregs. Her teeth gritted. And he apparently believed her to be one of those dregs! She rode on, fuming, until there came the insidious recollection of him lying sprawled on the floor of the dining room, winded and helpless, yet with his eyes laughing into hers as he gasped out his quotation.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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